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Customize this RSS feed by going to http://www.debate.org/rss/en-us2016-12-10T03:12:06-08:002016-12-10T03:12:06-08:00Communism is a failed form of government that should not be tried again.http://www.debate.org/debates/Communism-is-a-failed-form-of-government-that-should-not-be-tried-again./1/
(Debating Period) <div>Communism, throughout history, has always been a symbol of failure, oppression, and misery. Yet many countries today, such as China, continue to practice Communism, with little to no objection from other countries. Communism has been the single most oppresive form of government in history, being responsible for the deaths of millions of innocents. The free world should take whatever steps it can to dissuade governments from turning to Communist forms of government, and, if necessary and possible, overthrow Communist governments. <br /><br />Some may argue that real Communism has never been properly tried, and that this is the reason for its failure. I ask them this: what <em>is</em> the proper form of Communism? What hasn't been tried that could be the reason for its failures? And if there are proposed solutions for why communism has failed/was lacking, why haven't they been tried? (When I mean this, I am not insinuating that a country should be taken overhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Communism-is-a-failed-form-of-government-that-should-not-be-tried-again./1/comments/2016-12-07T07:11:39-08:00Should immigrants be required to assimilate into western society, and embrace our values?http://www.debate.org/debates/Should-immigrants-be-required-to-assimilate-into-western-society-and-embrace-our-values/1/
(Debating Period) In my opinion I think immigrants should be required to assimilate into society, and embrace our values. I'm not saying that an immigrant should abandon their culture entirely, however immigrants should embrace our values and language, and heritage if they want to be an American, and stay here.
In Europe for example muslim immigrants are somewhat of a hassle on society as many refuse to integrate, and many children of immigrants from non-western countries tend to perform lower on tests, and many don't have nearly as many job oppurtunities as their native born peers. I believe the reason for this is that due to the fact that they refuse to integrate it lowers their oppurtunities by preventing them from being able to effectively contribute to society. Many Turkish immigrants for example in Germany and Austria prefer their children to speak Turkish at home instead of German.
Many immigrants particularly muslim ones often have very different views compared thttp://www.debate.org/debates/Should-immigrants-be-required-to-assimilate-into-western-society-and-embrace-our-values/1/comments/2016-12-09T22:04:02-08:00We shoudl build a wall at our north border and nuke canadahttp://www.debate.org/debates/We-shoudl-build-a-wall-at-our-north-border-and-nuke-canada/1/
(Debating Period) My dog is always watching me get dressed and like to lick my pee joe. He also sleeps with me every night and I wake up and he will be sucking my weiner till it goes dry/.http://www.debate.org/debates/We-shoudl-build-a-wall-at-our-north-border-and-nuke-canada/1/comments/2016-12-09T19:23:59-08:00Abortionhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/591/
(Debating Period) Welcome to my debate. You may have the first argument.http://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/591/comments/2016-12-09T15:36:31-08:00Denmark and Iceland should meet together to switch names between Greenland and Icelandhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Denmark-and-Iceland-should-meet-together-to-switch-names-between-Greenland-and-Iceland/1/
(Voting Period) Since Greenland is mostly an island of ice, and Iceland is generally Green throughout the year, I believe Denmark(who controls the territory of Greenland) should meet with Iceland and have the two islands swap names. This way the names can be representative of what they actually are.
This isn't really a serious debate, but figured I'd put it out here. Only two rounds of debating since I don't see much to debate on, and 500 character limit.http://www.debate.org/debates/Denmark-and-Iceland-should-meet-together-to-switch-names-between-Greenland-and-Iceland/1/comments/2016-12-08T02:12:07-08:00Is the local sheriff using Excessive Force on the Dakota Pipeline Protesters?http://www.debate.org/debates/Is-the-local-sheriff-using-Excessive-Force-on-the-Dakota-Pipeline-Protesters/1/
(Voting Period) Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier: "My Job Is To Enforce The Law"
Sunday night: police used tear gas, rubber bullets and large water hoses in sub-freezing weather. Organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital.
Wednesday: Anyone delivering supplies to oil pipeline protesters in North Dakota could face fines, the local sheriff"s office warns.
Is it against the law to supply water, tear gas antidote, and food to protesters? Nov. 30 2016 weather is currently 40-mile-per-hour winds and below-freezing temperatures.
Sheriff Kirchmeier: said, "Social media has been very bad and it has turned out like law enforcement is building the pipeline," he said. "I can"t stop the pipeline. My job is to enforce the law."
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault called the confrontation an act of terror against unarmed protesters that was sanctioned by Kirchmeier.
If vote Pro/Yes then you agree that excessive force is being used.
Ifhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Is-the-local-sheriff-using-Excessive-Force-on-the-Dakota-Pipeline-Protesters/1/comments/2016-12-05T15:02:46-08:00Developing countries should publish birth control policyhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Developing-countries-should-publish-birth-control-policy/1/
(Voting Period) "Most of the world"s population growth over the next century will be in Africa and Asia; in the other continents the population growth has already ceased."
----- Christa Brelsford
Nowadays, we always face the population problem. As we can see, population problem keeps happening in developing countries. Population bomb bring lots of problems to developing country, for example, resources lack, slow economic development, education faultiness, etc. In this debate, I want to argue about population control measures in developing country. Should developing countries publish policies to control the population?
Population bombs brings lots of problems, lack of resource should be one of the most serious problem. some developing country, some country in Asia and Africa, still have huge trouble on the population control. They have tons of people and they still don"t know how serious the problem is. The population bomb in these country bring lots of trouble, for example,http://www.debate.org/debates/Developing-countries-should-publish-birth-control-policy/1/comments/2016-12-03T13:31:35-08:00Demonetization is a masterstroke on the part of Indian Governmenthttp://www.debate.org/debates/Demonetization-is-a-masterstroke-on-the-part-of-Indian-Government/1/
(Debating Period) Many Indians are lauding this move but I am in contrast to the masses. I feel that demonetization is a faulty move of the Indian Government. This move of banning the old 500 and 1000 Rs. notes has made work quite difficult especially for those who do not have bank accounts. They have nowhere to keep their hard earned income. Moreover the money which people had collected for marriages has all gone in vain. The Government thinks it will help destroy all the black money but the people with all such undocumented income have seeked the help of their fellow mates to put it into their accounts and thus are able to get away easily.
Thus, It is my firm believe that demonetization is a faulty move of the Government of Indiahttp://www.debate.org/debates/Demonetization-is-a-masterstroke-on-the-part-of-Indian-Government/1/comments/2016-12-09T01:50:40-08:00The direct extermination of 6 million Jews was a myth.http://www.debate.org/debates/The-direct-extermination-of-6-million-Jews-was-a-myth./1/
(Debating Period) I am willing to debate this topic. Please provide facts to support your position.http://www.debate.org/debates/The-direct-extermination-of-6-million-Jews-was-a-myth./1/comments/2016-12-07T04:31:49-08:00Resolved: The United States should abolish the Electoral Collegehttp://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-The-United-States-should-abolish-the-Electoral-College/1/
(Debating Period) <div>Each debater will receive 4 rounds of argumentation. The opposing side can choose to begin in round 1 or in round 2. Acceptance of this debate is an acceptance of all rules presented below.</div>
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<li>No Trolling, semantic debates, etc.</li>
<li>The Electoral College will be defined as the status quo. The Pro will argue for a change in the status quo, while the negative will argue for maintaining the status quo.</li>
<li>Everything else is fair game.</li>
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<div>I would like a real debate on this, so please don't accept if you don't intend to actually debate the topic.</div>http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-The-United-States-should-abolish-the-Electoral-College/1/comments/2016-12-06T10:21:57-08:00AOW Debate (Shattered World)http://www.debate.org/debates/AOW-Debate-Shattered-World/2/
(Debating Period) This is a war debate. the reason I challenge you to this debate is because you were going to join my open debate but that one was taken by . I will be playing again as the People's Republic of Southern China.
These are the rules:
1. If you choose to accept this debate, tell the name of your country, and tell the numbers of your armed forces for things like vehicles (aircraft, ships, tanks, armored cars), men, missiles, and hackers (Yes, certain countries have the ability to do cyberwarfare). You can not play as the People's Republic of Southern China or the Vatican City. You can play as any country except the ones that are dead (USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Argentina, South Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Japan, China, Australia and Russia)
2. If you need information on a country tell me in the Comment section. Wikipehttp://www.debate.org/debates/AOW-Debate-Shattered-World/2/comments/2016-12-06T01:10:51-08:00The United States congress should be dismantled and replaced with a direct democratic voting systemhttp://www.debate.org/debates/The-United-States-congress-should-be-dismantled-and-replaced-with-a-direct-democratic-voting-system/1/
(Voting Period) Basically, the system would be that the people themselves would be the law-makers. There would still be a president, and (s)he would be the commander-in-chief and can veto legislation brought out by the people, who then still need a 2/3 majority to surpass the president's veto. The supreme court would still exist and can declare things unconstitutional as they do now. Basically it would work the same as it does now, just we are replacing congress with the people.
Round 1: Acceptance
Round 2: Main arguments
Round 3: Rebuttals
Round 4: More Rebuttals/conclusion.http://www.debate.org/debates/The-United-States-congress-should-be-dismantled-and-replaced-with-a-direct-democratic-voting-system/1/comments/2016-12-06T01:04:57-08:00Resolved: The United States ought to limit qualified immunity for police officers.http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-The-United-States-ought-to-limit-qualified-immunity-for-police-officers./1/
(Voting Period) Just accept the debate whenever you're ready...
The first round of the debate is acceptance only and no new arguments in the final round. Kritiks are not allowed.
qualified immunity is the status of certain government officials, in this case police officers, in which lawsuits regarding civil damage when the official is on duty and performing their duty are dismissed as long as they qualify certain criteria. The criteria that a policeman would have to meet would be that their conduct does not violate a clearly established law that a reasonable official would have known.http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-The-United-States-ought-to-limit-qualified-immunity-for-police-officers./1/comments/2016-12-03T05:40:02-08:00Lethal force against the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters would be justifiedhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Lethal-force-against-the-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-protesters-would-be-justified/1/
(Debating Period) "Our agreement as citizens to obey the law to maintain our social order is sometimes described as an essential part of the social contract. This means that, in return for the benefits of social order, we agree to live according to certain laws and rules." -- American Bar Association [1]
Suppose thousands of Native Americans and their sympathizers stormed your apartment building and declared the building their own, to do with as they please, because of an ideology that claims the land belongs to them. What should the response be? It is an act of war, and this closely resembles the current actions of the protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
The DAPL protesters are persistently breaking laws with their persisting illegal encampments [2], illegal roadblocks [3], threats of violent attacks [4] and actual violent attacks on innocents using IEDs [5]. Like all other national residents, they are not above the law, but they are illegally trespassing andhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Lethal-force-against-the-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-protesters-would-be-justified/1/comments/2016-12-08T08:25:37-08:00Voting Should Be Compulsory in the USAhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Voting-Should-Be-Compulsory-in-the-USA/1/
(Debating Period) Im sure you all know how rarely it is that I do a serious rather than a troll debate. But now, I have decided to do a good one. As you see, the topic is whether or not voting should be compulsory. I will be Pro and you will be Con.
So here are the rules and the round structure.
Rules:
1. No trolling
2. No Kritik
3. No Semantics
4. No plagiarism (obviously, surprising I need to say this)
5. Forfeiture means loss
Round Structure:
Round 1: Pro gives guidelines, rules. Con says "I accept"
Round 2: Pro gives arguments/Con gives arguments
Round 3: Refutations by both sides
Round 4: Counter Refutation
Round 5: Summary and Final Words
In order to accept topic, you must comment in comments section and I will choose my opponent form that pool <3http://www.debate.org/debates/Voting-Should-Be-Compulsory-in-the-USA/1/comments/2016-12-01T16:23:20-08:00Is National Socialism better than Communism?http://www.debate.org/debates/Is-National-Socialism-better-than-Communism/1/
(Debating Period) I think National Socialism is a better form of government than Communismhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Is-National-Socialism-better-than-Communism/1/comments/2016-11-20T01:59:59-08:00THW end the War on Drugshttp://www.debate.org/debates/THW-end-the-War-on-Drugs/1/
(Post Voting Period) Full resolution: This house would end the War on Drugs.
This is going to be a live debate, between Hayd and me. We'll post the video here. Hayd should not accept this debate until the video is uploaded on YouTube.
Format:
Tejretics (Pro)
Hayd (Con)
8 min. Pro's 1st Constructive
2 min. Prep time
8 min. Con's 1st Constructive/rebuttal
2 min. Prep time
7 min. Pro's 2nd Constructive/rebuttal
2 min. Prep time
7 min. Con's 2nd Constructive/rebuttal
2 min. Prep time
5 min. Pro's Final Round
5 min. Con's Final Round
Points of information (POIs) are accepted. A point of information is a question posed to the speaker in the middle of the speech. The person who raises the point of information should declare "point," "information," "point of information," "POI," "on that point," or something to that effect, without actually raising the question. The speaker has the right to accept or decline the point; if accepted, the other debater proceeds to http://www.debate.org/debates/THW-end-the-War-on-Drugs/1/comments/2016-11-27T07:04:04-08:00The White Race is superior to the Black Race.http://www.debate.org/debates/The-White-Race-is-superior-to-the-Black-Race./1/
(Post Voting Period) I am willing to debate on this topic.http://www.debate.org/debates/The-White-Race-is-superior-to-the-Black-Race./1/comments/2016-12-04T21:42:41-08:00Are the majority of the police sanctioned thugs?http://www.debate.org/debates/Are-the-majority-of-the-police-sanctioned-thugs/1/
(Post Voting Period) Are the actions of the police use of excessive force unwarranted and constitute an act of oppression against not just those besieged but against everybody?
Are the militarized police an occupying force who consider any challenges to their legitimacy a potential domestic terrorist who consider dissent disloyalty?http://www.debate.org/debates/Are-the-majority-of-the-police-sanctioned-thugs/1/comments/2016-11-28T23:44:21-08:00Abortion should be heavily regulatedhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion-should-be-heavily-regulated/1/
(Debating Period) I'm heavily pro-life. Unless it's a medical necessity, such as there is a small chance for you to live, or the child will live with a birth defect, retardation etc. I think you are a disgusting human being for having an abortion, "I can't afford it." Or something of that nature is no reason for an abortion. There are several government programs, as well as private charities that will help with the cost of the baby, and according to the CDC rape, incest, and what I said above about it being a medical necessity, account for less than 1% of abortions. That's right, 99%+ Are because they are stupid and didn't wear a condom. Not to mention that after 8 weeks, their nervous system is completely functional, and they can feel their head being crushed, their arms and legs being torn off, and are having a rush like no other. They actively are trying to escape that villain with the vacuum. Try to run away from a guy with a knife and you'll know how it feels. Should I alsohttp://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion-should-be-heavily-regulated/1/comments/2016-11-27T06:01:54-08:00